Khalilzad meets Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar for...

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8 (ANI): The US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and the commander of foreign...

Intra-Afghan talks to be held in Doha

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghanistan government will be held...

11 Taliban members killed, 6 injured in clashes in Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 6 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban members were killed and six others were injured as a...

US conducts airstrikes against Taliban for first time since...

Washington DC [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US has conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban as retaliation to their...

District police chief, 3 officers killed in Afghanistan blast

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Police chief of Said Karam district of Afghanistan's Paktia province,...

Afghan Taliban still maintain ties with al-Qaeda, says UN report

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): The Taliban in Afghanistan still maintain close ties with the al-Qaeda terror...

Mullah Omar's son takes charge of Taliban following disarray...

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Mullah Yaqoob, the son of Mullah Omar--founder of Afghan Taliban, has taken...

Afghanistan releases 710 more Taliban prisoners

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 31 (ANI): The Afghanistan government has released 710 more Taliban prisoners as part of the...

UN Security Council unlikely to lift sanctions over Taliban

Moscow [Russia], May 29 (ANI): Days after the Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of...

US aims to reduce number of troops in Afghanistan to 8,600 in July

Washington [USA], May 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States remains on track to reduce its military presence in...

Afghan President orders to release 2,000 Taliban prisoners

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday (local time) ordered a release of...

Afghan President Ghani vows to expedite release of Taliban...

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 24 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that the process of the release...